Let thy words be few.

Ecclesiastes v. 2.

than

Eccles. v. 5.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet.

Eccles. v. 12.

A good name is better than precious ointment.

Eccles. vii. 1.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting.

Eccles. vii. 2.

As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is

the laughter of a fool.

Eccles. vii. 6.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the

day of adversity consider.

Be not righteous overmuch.

Eccles. vii. 14.

Eccles. vii. 16.

One man among a thousand have I found;

but a woman among all those have I not.

God hath made man upright;

sought out many inventions.

Eccles. vii. 28.

but they have

Eccles. vii. 29.

There is no discharge in that war.

To eat and to drink and to be merry.

Eccles. viii. 8.

Eccles. ix. 4.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with

thy might.

Eccles. ix. 10.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Ecclesiastes ix. II.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.

Eccles. x. 1.

A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. Eccles. x. 20.

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. Eccles. xi. I.

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. Eccles. xi. 3. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Eccles. xi. 4.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand.

Eccles. xi. 6.

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

Eccles. xi. 7.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth.

Eccles. xi. 9.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy

Eccles. xii. 1.

youth. The grinders cease because they are few. Eccles. xii. 3. The grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.

Eccles. xii. 5.

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Ecclesiastes xii. 6.

was; gave it.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it and the spirit shall return unto God who Eccles. xii. 7. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies. Eccles. xii. II.

Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Eccles. xii. 12.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. Eccles. xii. 13.

For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

The Song of Solomon ii. 11, 12.

The little foxes, that spoil the vines.

The Song of Solomon ii. 15.

Terrible as an army with banners.

The Song of Solomon vi. 4, 10.

Like the best wine,

. . . that goeth down

sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep

to speak.

as the grave.

The Song of Solomon vii. 9.

The Song of Solomon viii. 6.

Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel

Many waters cannot quench love.

The Song of Solomon viii. 7.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib. Isaiah i. 3. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. Is. i. 5.

They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Is. ii. 4. Mic. iv. 3.

In that day a man shall cast his idols to the moles and to the bats.

. Is. ii. 20.

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils.

Grind the faces of the poor.

Is. ii. 22.

Is. iii. 15.

In that day seven women shall take hold of

one man.

Is. iv. I.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil!

I am a man of unclean lips.

Wizards that peep and that mutter.

To the law and to the testimony.

Is. v. 20.

Is. vi. 5.

Is. viii. 19.

Is. viii. 20.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and

the leopard shall lie down with the kid.

Is. xi. 6.

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet

thee at thy coming.

Isaiah xiv. 9.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,

son of the morning!

Babylon is fallen, is fallen.

Is. xiv. 12.

Is. xxi. 9.

Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we shall

die.

Is. xxii. 13.

Is. xxii. 23.

Fasten him as a nail in a sure place.

Whose merchants are princes.

A feast of fat things.

Is. xxiii. 8.

Is. xxv. 6.

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little. Is. xxviii. 10.

We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement. Is. xxviii. 15.

The desert shall rejoice, and

rose.

blossom as the

Is. xxxv. 1.

Thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed.

Is. xxxvi. 6.

Set thine house in order.

Is. xxxviii. 1.

All flesh is grass.

Is. xl. 6.

Is. xl. 15.

The nations are as a drop of a bucket.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.

Is. xlii. 3.

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the

wicked.

Is. xlviii. 22.